Is ginger effective for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome? A double blind randomized controlled pilot trial

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-20

  Van Tilburg, Miranda A L ^a   Palsson, Olafur S ^a   Ringel, Yehuda ^a   Whitehead, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ginger; Irritable bowel syndrome; Placebo; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

GINGER; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PLACEBO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GINGER; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; NORTH CAROLINA; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84894265763     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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